The visit, over the past few hours, by Ecuador’s Rafael Correa to Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez in Havana made headlines in the Ecuadorian media. Chavez is in high spirit, Correa said.»

Relatives of the Five met with renowned Cuban intellectuals.»

During a meeting of the Venezuelan Council of Ministers, President Hugo Chavez announced his return to Cuba on Sunday to submit himself to a surgical procedure after new cancerous cells were detected in the same body area where a tumor was withdrawn last year.»

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales signed on Friday a protocol for his country to become full member of the South Common Market (Mercosur), during a summit of the regional bloc, held in Brasilia.»

Cuban President Raul Castro welcomed Lieutenant General Qi Jianguo, Deputy Chief of Staff of China’s Armed Forces, who paid a visit to Cuba on the invitation of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces.»

Chile and Peru defended their stances Tuesday, a day after the UN International Court of Justice began hearings over their longstanding maritime dispute in The Hague.»

More than 300 activists will be attending the VIII International Colloquium for the Freedom of the Cuban Five, to be held November 28th to December 2nd in the eastern Cuban province of Holguin.»

Consistent with the decision by the Cuban Council of State, the Electoral Law and the Cuban Constitution, all 168 municipal assemblies of People’s Power will be set up throughout the island on Sunday for a two-and-a-half-year term.»

El Salvador’s Vice-president, Salvador Sanchez, met with the president of Cuban Parliament, Ricardo Alarcon, who is visiting that central American nation.»

The National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba has summoned all deputies to the 10th Regular Session of the Seventh Legislature, to be held next December 13 at Havana’s Conference Palace.»